Today, books are still the primary medium of instruction in most schools. It is doubtful if these will totally be replaced by digital technology reading tools, but there are now perceptions that virtual literacy may very well ease out textual print literacy. The disadvantages of using books for learning are being debated upon. For school-graders, the load of books and workbooks for every subject are backbreaking due to their weight and size. The errors in public school textbooks have also been exposed, errors resulting from wrong information, technical mistakes, and editorial lapses.
Use of tablets in public schools in the country may be difficult considering certain factors: (a) Cost of one tablet for one student is not within budget capacity or beyond capability of government which cannot even fully comply with one book for one student. (b) Books have more durability compared with electronic gadgets due to handling, energy charging, heat, and moist. (c) Technical expertise for the learning software is not widely available. Swift evolution of content in learning may outrun the tedious preparation of softwares making the product irrelevant to the dynamism of educational programs.
Conditions in Philippine education show youths in far-flung areas not reached, number of classrooms and facilities inadequate, quality of work life of teachers below standards. Embarking in technology in education may appear problematic, but systems management may still resolve many problems. Technology itself may be a key to problem resolution and Filipino ingenuity is called to respond to the challenge facing the digital generation of the millennium.
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